Example sentences of "[noun] break the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interruptions are not always a curse ; I sometimes find that a lost association breaks the surface for air precisely when I 've stopped actively thinking about the writing . |
| 2 | A combination of ground and air action broke the back of the rebellion . |
| 3 | Even Fergie 's original fence broke the rules of the posh private estate . |
| 4 | HARRODS chiefs the Al Fayed brothers broke the rules in the £615 million battle for the group in 1985 , the Takeover Panel said yesterday . |
| 5 | The move was an attempt to break the hold over local government of the FIS , which in June 1990 had won control of 853 municipalities and 32 provinces [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 6 | An attempt to break the blockade by land across the Russian zone was rejected in favour of an airlift of supplies to West Berlin . |
| 7 | In an attempt to break the deadlock over the Accord 's ratification , Mulroney held a two-day Premiers ' conference on Nov. 10-11 . |
| 8 | Quinton and his colleagues point out that there are therefore a number of opportunities to break the chain of adverse circumstances , and suggest several potentially fruitful areas for intervention . |
| 9 | The train shunted and jolted its way north with the occasional burst of speed to break the monotony of the sudden stops and starts . |
| 10 | And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 11 | Winning And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 12 | And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 13 | But , if an error of judgement or a bad decision has been made , the vital thing is to recognise that , admit it and take immediate action to break the chain of events while a safe course of action is still possible . |
| 14 | If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster . |
| 15 | If the defendant negligently starts a fire and strong winds then cause the flames to spread to the plaintiff 's property , the court will not find that the winds break the chain of causation . |
| 16 | A few mouldy bones break the surface of the water here and there . |
| 17 | White House envoy 's visit is bid to repair rift with China Washington breaks the ice in Beijing . |
| 18 | ‘ When Karen broke the news of our marriage so crudely at Thomas 's party , and I saw the look on your face , I understood for the first time the force of that old cliché about wishing the floor would open up and swallow one . |
| 19 | In December Philippe Gimbert broke the jaw of a Rodez player , Armand Proietti . |
| 20 | They sat on a bench in the Flower Walk , the beautifully tended beds laid out for them and all the tulips listening attentively , and Maggie broke the rule of her lifetime and told Hermione about Fenna . |
| 21 | At the Bermuda meeting with Eisenhower in December 1953 he tried to woo the president with a promise that , if the communists broke the cease-fire in Korea , Britain would agree to the use of nuclear weapons against military targets . |
| 22 | dates from the 1530s , when they were involved in a long-running battle to break the hold of the bishop of Lincoln , and secure a charter of incorporation for Newark . |
| 23 | Lim put forward a plan to break the deadlock between tropical and temperate timber producers over the introduction of production limits and sustainable forest management policies . |
| 24 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 25 | ‘ He was convinced you 'd only gone home to England to break the news to your family , then you were coming back to marry him . |
| 26 | There is a record level of chronic law breaking throughout the country and they are prepared to allow companies to break the law for profit . |
| 27 | They grew unofficially , here and there , interspersed with beech — which shed its leaves like autumn in the spring , willows , the ballerinas of the forest in a permanent static pirouette , their white seeds drifting down in a slow shower against the blue sky , and the tireless gorse , the popping of its seeds breaking the silence of high summer . |
| 28 | Reward the group as a whole ( rewarding individuals breaks the cohesion in the group ) . |
| 29 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
| 30 | The irritating neon sign outside the window strobed the room , broken Venetian blinds breaking the light into bright bars . |